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INXS

Charting Mar 26, 1983 → Jan 14, 2006 · 214 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 214 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 149 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 214 wk UK Singles Chart · 149 wk Global Music Power · 280 wk

Peak Power: 2.80%; week of Apr 30, 1988
Career Power: 248; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 120; November 1987 – November 1988
Peak Five Years: 199; March 1986 – February 1991
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 214; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Jan 30, 1988
Comebacks: 2; December 1987, October 1990

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 23, 1986	Dec 26, 1987	70	43	1.89%	1.06%
After decline	Feb 11, 1989	Oct 27, 1990	89	82	2.80%	1.15%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

18 records · 248 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Need You TonightApple Music	#1January 1988	25	October 1987 – April 1988	41.3
What You NeedApple Music	#5April 1986	20	January 1986 – May 1986	32.4
Devil InsideApple Music	#2April 1988	17	February 1988 – June 1988	30.3
New SensationApple Music	#3July 1988	17	May 1988 – September 1988	27.8
Never Tear Us ApartApple Music	#7November 1988	23	August 1988 – January 1989	26.5
DisappearApple Music	#8February 1991	20	November 1990 – April 1991	24.4
Suicide BlondeApple Music	#9October 1990	13	September 1990 – December 1990	19.8
Not Enough TimeApple Music	#28October 1992	15	August 1992 – November 1992	12.1
The One ThingApple Music	#30May 1983	14	March 1983 – June 1983	9.6
Beautiful GirlApple Music	#46April 1993	12	February 1993 – May 1993	5.0
Bitter TearsApple Music	#46May 1991	10	April 1991 – June 1991	4.7
Listen Like Thieves	#54June 1986	9	May 1986 – July 1986	3.3
Good Times (From "The Lost Boys")with Jimmy BarnesApple Music	#47August 1987	13	June 1987 – September 1987	3.0
Pretty Vegas	#37October 2005	6	October 2005 – January 2006	2.6
Original Sin	#58May 1984	7	April 1984 – June 1984	2.3
I Send A Message	#77August 1984	7	July 1984 – September 1984	1.5
This Time	#81December 1985	6	November 1985 – December 1985	1.2
Don't Change	#80July 1983	4	July 1983 – August 1983	0.7

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